Broken Beginnings (A Star Wars: Clone Wars fanfic)

Chapter 45

Ahsoka POV

Anakin had been reminding me about how Alexa was going to Ilum to get her lightsaber for the past two days and when he came to my room practically buzzing with excitement I had the feeling it was somehow related to Alexa's adventure.

"Hey Anakin." I smiled when I opened the door only to laugh as I was swept of my feet as he picked me up in his arms and carried me back into the room, allowing the door to close behind us. "Wow what's the occasion?" I asked, grinning.

"Alexa just got back and her lightsaber is brilliant!" He exclaimed, beaming as he carefully put me down.

"That's great! So what did it look like?"

"You'd have to see it to appreciate it's awesomeness."

"It's that good?"

"Yep." He nodded.

"I'm impressed, I'll have to go see her later and congratulate her for her job well done." I smiled, sitting down on my bed. I was glad that she'd been able to get her lightsaber, she deserved one after all the work she'd put in.

"Yeah you should, I'm sure she'd appreciate it." He said as he sat down beside me. "I'm so proud of her for getting through the Gathering. From what she told she had some tough moments, but she was able to get through it and I know that she will be an even better person because of it. I couldn't ask for her to do any better than that."

"I don't think anyone could, she's a good kid Ani."

"I know, and I'm glad that more people are beginning to see that.  Her past doesn't define her and I'm beyond happy that she's making a place for herself here."

I couldn't agree with him more, Alexa had done well to get away from the streets and the creation of her lightsaber was a demonstration that she deserved to be a member of the Jedi Order.  She was a fantastic padawan and any master should have been proud to have her.  "She's amazing.  You've trained her well." I said and he smiled at my use of his nickname, gently cuddling me.

"Thank you."

Rendal POV

With the initial excitement over we, or rather Alexa, decided that now was the time to go and show Kira that she'd won the bet. So we headed to the mess hall where Alexa waited outside and told me to go in and if I saw her I needed to bring her out. I found her sitting with some of the other padawans who where a bit older than us, and I told her that we needed to talk outside.

"Alright." Kira agreed and got up from the table. "I'll be back later." She said to the others then we headed towards the exit. "So what's up Rendal? Why'd you need to talk to me alone?"

"We need to settle something." I replied simply.

"Oh ok." She shrugged.

I brought her around the corner a little and I had to stop myself from laughing at the expression on her face when she saw Alexa with her lightsaber ignited.

"Hey Kira, what do you think?" Alexa asked, smirking at her as she twirled the lightsaber in her hand. Padawan Walsh didn't say anything for awhile then she sneered.

"I think you stole someone else's lightsaber." She replied.

"Well that proves it. You really are as dumb as you look."

I laughed along with my friend as Kira's face turned red at Alexa's words. "How dare you say that you infernal street rat! You have no right to insult me! Why don't you go back to the slum where you came from!"